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Registration open for this term’s online Classics Lecture. Professor James May will deliver a talk on Political Oratory. Click here 👇 ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lough…

Registration open for this term’s online Classics Lecture. Professor James May will deliver a talk on Political Oratory. Click here 👇 ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lough…

Free online talk by Professor James May on #oratory in the age of #Cicero. 📅 Wednesday 19 November at 5.30 Register to receive the link @StephenJenkin @classicsforall @Classical_Assoc @lsaclassicsoutr ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lough…

We are pleased to announce the online lecture by Professor James May on ‘Political Oratory in the Age of Cicero’. Wednesday 19 Nov. at 5.30 #ClassicsTwitter #Cicero #Oratory #Classics @Classical_Assoc @StephenJenkin @lsaclassics Registration now open: ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lough…

Registration is open the online talk by Professor James May on #oratory in the age of #Cicero. 📅 Wednesday 19 November at 5.30 The talk is free but requires registration. @StephenJenkin @classicsforall @Classical_Assoc @LboroGrammar ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lough…

We are pleased to announce this year’s #ArtCompetition on the theme of Troy. The competition is open to KS2-KS5. Deadline for submissions: Monday 22 July 2026 All details on the website @classicsforall @ClassicalAssoc1 @Classical_Assoc @StephenJenkin emact.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/ema…

Our annual #Latin and #Greek Reading Competition will be held @GirlsNottingham at 2pm on Wednesday 4 February. Register before Friday 30/01/2026. @StephenJenkin @Classical_Assoc @classicsforall emact.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/ema…

A heartfelt congratulations to everyone receiving their #GCSE results today! We hope your grades reflect the incredible effort, determination and consistency you’ve shown. You’ve tackled challenges with patience, good humour and maturity — we’re so proud of you! #GCSEResultsDay

Huge congratulations to all students receiving their A Level results today! Your patience, determination, and good humour have carried you through — we hope your results reflect the hard work and commitment you’ve shown in your learning. Well done! #ALevelResultsDay

Dr Nichols Year 8s have been designing and making board games for the last day of teaching. Superbly creative, engaging and fun. #Classics

Mount Vesuvius is located on the west coast of Italy overlooking the Bay of Naples and city of Naples, Italy 🇮🇹 Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano famous for instantly decimating an entire local civilization and turning it to ash when it erupted in 79 AD. Its eruption into the stratosphere, one of deadliest in Europe’s history. During an eruption, temperature near Vesuvius could have reached 930°F (500°C). Pompeii was frozen in time forever preserved by the very force that destroyed it. Pompeii’s discovery began with archaeological excavations in late 1700s, revealing much about lives and deaths of its ancient inhabitants.  To date, excavations and new discoveries still continue. Vesuvius volcano is part of Campanian volcanic arc that formed over a subduction zone created by convergence of African and Eurasian tectonic plates. This subduction zone also reaches length of Italian peninsula and is source of other famous volcanoes like Mount Etna and Stromboli. The cone known as Mount Vesuvius sits in crater of ancient Somma volcano which last erupted about 17,000 years ago. Oldest dated rock at Mount Vesuvius collected from a well drilled near volcano is about 300,000 years old. In 2013, height of the cone was 1281m. The height can change and vary after each major eruption. In regards to Pompeii, it has been traditionally believed Mount Vesuvius erupted on August  24-25, 79 AD according to letters written by Pliny the Younger. But modern hypothesis places eruption in October or November 79 AD. Scholars argued that heavy clothing worn by some of citizens still visible in plaster casts and braziers used for both cooking and heating may not have been used in summer. And late August is quite hot in southern Italy. Conflicting evidence that supports both August and autumn dates was also discovered in local foods. For example analysis of garum found in Pompeii supported traditional date in August because fish from which garum was made was more abundant in summer.  On other hand, autumn fruits like pomegranates and walnuts were also discovered.   A charcoal inscription discovered in new excavations was dated 16 days before “calends” of November in old Roman calendar style, which translates to October 17 in our modern calendar. Could it have been scribbled the year before the eruption? But since inscription was made in fragile charcoal that could not have lasted long on a wall, it gives it probability that it was made in 79 AD just before eruption. The question remains: how could Pliny the Younger have been wrong when he wrote the eruption that occurred on August 24? He wrote his letters to Tacitus approx. 20 years after 79 AD eruption and original copies of the letters have not survived. Our contemporary reading of Pliny’s letters is based on translations and transcriptions made over the centuries. Although various copies of these letters contained dates ranging from August to November, August 24 was most accepted date. The difference in dates could have been the result of confusion over ancient and modern systems of counting days. Balance of these discoveries leans towards date of Mount Vesuvius eruption being October 24 instead of August 24. Archeologists recently discovered that approx. 3780 years ago, Vesuvius erupted with even more destructive power. Referred to as Avellino eruption, Vesuvius transformed thousands of miles of landscape into a desert for more than 200 years. Archeologists discovered deeply embedded footprints in surrounding area where inhabitants were clearly taken by surprise when Vesuvius erupted. Since the fateful eruption in 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted about three dozen times. A major eruption occurred in 1631 killing 4,000 people and devastating Naples and other villages. Most recently, Vesuvius erupted between 1913-1944. On March 17, 1944, a two-week-long eruption began with lava flowing from the summit of Mount Vesuvius.  The eruption caused minor damage but killed 26 people. #archaeohistories

#ArtCommunity #ClassicsTwitter #Ovid #Teachersof𝕏 a few days left for entries for this year’s competition on the theme of #Metamorphoses. Open to KS2-KS5 m. Cash prizes 💷 emact.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/ema…

Deadline is coming up for entries. All details below: emact.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/ema…

One week to go to send entries. @StephenJenkin @WMidClassicsHub @Classical_Assoc @classicsforall @ClassCivAncHist #ClassicsTwitter #Art #Ovid #Photography #Competition emact.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/ema…

A nice project for the last stretch of the academic year. Deadline: 23 June @ClassicsNorth @classicsforall @cfa_wales @ClassicsFelsted @BSGDClassics @WMidClassicsHub @ClassCivAncHist @LGS_Classics @Classical_Assoc @StephenJenkin All details here 👇emact.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/ema…

Super-curricular opportunity for @LboroGrammar boys- a talk that will be of interest for students of Computing, History, Geography and Classics, and those curious about gaming, VR and its use to learn about the past.

Today we will welcome @RichardAlanColeto @LboroGrammar for the termly #Online #Classics Lectures. Today’s talk is on #Digital Classics, #VR #Gaming as time travel. Held on Teams at 5.30- register below to get the link. @Classical_Assoc @StephenJenkin ticketsource.co.uk/classics-lough…

Year 7 work above; here Year 8s.

Y7 and Y8 boys have been working on the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, discussing philosophical ideas like trust, fate and love, the power of music. We have been very impressed with their engagement. Dr Schofield’s classes have been inspired by the story. @LboroGrammar